It holds the Guinness World record for best-selling single computer model of all time, so who had a Commodore 64? My family had one when I was growing up, and I enjoyed playing hours of games on it. I remember how novel it was that we could create a sign, card, or banner on the …
One of those rare amusing email forwards caught my eye, so I’ll share. Besides, my last post was kind of a downer; here’s something funny to counteract it: Next Season on Dancing With The Stars: Lisa
Here in 2010, everyone knows that it’s becoming more and more common for the United States to export jobs to countries where the labor is cheaper in cost. Locally, my area used to be well known for producing no less than three types of goods: automotive products, toys, and candy. Because of the free-falling economy …
The following news story caught my eye because well, let’s be honest – any sort of physical comedy involving someone in a big mascot costume is funny. Ok, so it’s not funny when someone gets hurt; I stand corrected. Best wishes to Ms. Porky Pig for a speedy recovery. From suburban Chicago’s newspaper, The Daily …
I found this article on cnn.com a few weeks ago detailing the laws that foreign countries have about baby names. That’s right – here in the fifty nifty United States we have the freedom to name our kids pretty much whatever we want, but in other countries, they actually have strict laws specially crafted regarding …
Those who know my family are aware that we have a son named Beeber, pronounced the same as the last name of that popular young male singer, Justin Bieber. But my son got his cute little nickname from his big sister, who was not even 2 years old when he was born – she could …
Something to put on my birthday list? The White Castle slider-scented candle. That’s right… if you are familiar with White Castle restaurants and their famous products, be warned – they have made a White Castle-scented candle. Yes, the steamed onion scent of the famous little burgers can now be brought into your home! According to …
There has been a rash of celebrity deaths lately – Art Linkletter, Gary Coleman, Dennis Hopper, and Rue McClanahan (second to last survivor of the Golden Girls) to name a few. As with many celebrities, circumstances surrounding some of these deaths have been quite out of the ordinary. Dennis Hopper was in the midst of …
This one is for fellow Disney fanatics – I just read an article about the return to Disneyland of the 17-minute Michael Jackson 3D video, Captain EO. I never got to see Captain EO; my first time to Disney World was in 1992, and the attraction was either broken down during that visit or we …
Came across this funny rendition of the Queen song Bohemian Rhapsody the other day. I don’t know about you, but the Muppets always make me smile! Lisa
